From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Riveting and temperature testing of a Goshawk condenser's top connection.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 52\3\ Scan122 | |
| Date | 30th August 1923 | |
| X 4430 EY. from EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} Sft. {Mr Swift} for Mr. Brock. EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 2/T30.8.23. X.4430 RE GOSHAWK CONDENSER - TOP CONNECTION THROUGH LID. {A. J. Lidsey} We are sending you herewith the top connection which was riveted up in my presence in Mr. Brock's Dept. and which has since been maintained at a temperature of 100°C for one hour, without any signs of shrinkage or development of looseness. I have seen dismantled pieces of one of those which were loose and noted how the rivets were skewed over in the act of riveting. It appears, therefore, that the job is O.K. if sound in the first instance. We have already proved by the use of temperature sentinels that the condenser on the chassis never attains a temperature of 73°C. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} | ||